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Archive for September, 2009
20 Sep
Like a lamb to the slaughter…
I am going to take the MRCS (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons) Part 1 and Part 2 examinations in a couple of days time, and feel ridiculously unprepared. In the past weeks, I’ve been cramming at any time possible, and feel very glad that the department I’m working at now has been able [...]
17 Sep
Another Stage of Life
You know you’re no longer fresh out of medical school when many of your classmates are getting married. Methinks it’s time for the quarter-life crisis to kick in.
16 Sep
The Blame Game
Before we go ahead, though, here’s something that needs to be pointed out. Consent is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for negligence. No one said it was. Whenever a complication happens, despite the pre-operative counselling, the patient and his/her family look for someone to blame. It must be the surgeon’s fault! It was the inexperienced one, [...]
13 Sep
The Danger of CB Thoughts
Yes, CB thoughts are a concept that was introduced to J much earlier, but it was only in a rotation through General Surgery that the term “CB thought” was taught to him. CB – being an acronym for a vulgar Hokkien term for parts of the human anatomy. The rule is – If you think [...]
11 Sep
Video: Bio-Rad GTCA Song (with lyrics)
I love Bio-Rad advertisements. Here, with the follow-up to the PCR Song, is the GTCA SsoFast song, to the tune of YMCA. Lyrics below.
